A mother takes twenty years to make a man of her boy, and another woman makes a fool of him in twenty minutes.

~ Robert Frost

I hate that I am automatically in the same category as all other brides. I may be emotional an emotional basketcase of a bride but then I’m like that always, it just goes up a few notches when I feel pressure. I’ve never gone off on anyone, I’ve just cried a few times.

It makes me sick to my stomach when I watch the wedding shows where brides whine, cry and demand everything under the sun. How many times can they say “it’s MY day” or “it’s all about me.” Am I insane or abnormal that I believe the wedding should not only be about the bride AND the groom but also family and friends. Granted, the event is technically the bride and groom’s and it’s centered around them but it’s also an event for everyone to have fun at.

I was watching Rich Bride Poor Bride and part of me wanted to scream at the television the entire time. This girl (young and clueless) was trying to have this princess/royal wedding and didn’t care at all about what her groom wanted. Granted he wanted a wrestling wedding but you know, you sit down and discuss ideas and try to find a way to incorporate both of you into it. She actually spoke the words at one point regarding the contracts she was signing behind his back “you get to sign the marriage license, that’s it.”

She also went way over her budget because of things like an electric harpist and a limo bus (on top of the limo in the package). She kept signing contracts assuming that someone would pay for it.

To make matters worse, all the things she wanted were SO tacky. Seriously. She wanted a 6 tier cake with stairs/bridges on both sides, 6 miniatures bridesmaids, 6 miniature groomsmen and a fountain. No, I’m not kidding. Her wedding planner thankfully convinced her out of the miniatures.

Here is how I see it, granted I’ve never met one of these brides in person thankfully. If you have this outragous image of a wedding in your head and the groom doesn’t matter, you are doing it for the wrong reasons. If your wedding is all about getting exactly what you want at any cost then you are doing it for the wrong reasons. I’ll be honestly shocked if their marriage lasts longer than 3 years. Oh and he’s obviously a pussy.

I just learned tonight I had always thought that Michael McDonald was Kenny Loggins. Once I realized that Kenny Loggins wasn’t who I thought he was I had to find out who the guy I had in my head was.

I described him as having big white hair and a beard. Somehow Erik knew I meant Michael McDonald. At that point I had to figure out what songs he sang. The first few I’d never heard but then we found a couple I recognized.

Phew, that was close huh?

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I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they’ve always worked for me.

~ Hunter S. Thompson

While reading this meme again for the millionth time on various blogs I thought of more strange things about me I have yet to divulge. If you want to know others you can read them here, here, here and here.

1. I need to wear clothes to bed, usually even when it’s 90 degress out. Erik doesn’t wear anything but I go to bed completely dressed.
2. I get lost all the time and when I get lost I flip a shit. I seriously go nuts crying and swearing. I don’t know why. As you can imagine I won’t drive into New York.
3. I am a dipper. Like when eating pancakes or french fries. I don’t like to drench my food with stuff, I’d rather dip. I don’t like my food getting soggy.
4. I hate anything citrus flavored, for me citrus flavor ruins stuff. I do like oranges and lemons though.
5. I knew I didn’t want to have children when I was a teenager and while the idea of it sparks my curiosity it’s kind of like sky diving: I think I might want to do it because so many people rave about it but maybe next year…
6. I am always moving things around trying to get organized but somehow only seem to make it worse. It drives Erik crazy because he can never find anything and I’m always getting stuff to get more organized. If you see my registry like 40% of it at least is organizational

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